The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-22
TEXAS ELECTIONS
AND now THEY WERE CONDUCTED

AND now THEY WERE CONDUCTED
Republicans Drivon From Their Homes I,y
Threats OF tho Democrnts-"Civilirip
lniluences Of tho Shotgun md Re.
volyer-ColOred Mon Murdered.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. CIR. P.
Hacksworth (white), Justice Of the Peace
Of Washington county, Texas, was recalled
by the Texas Investigation Committee
to-day.
He identified the following note received
by him through the mail:
BRENNAN, December 25.
4. P. HacksporM: :Gs IN p
SIR:-You have had plenty Of time to
get away from this county. We know you
have been stealing from this county for
the last two years and are as mean and
dangerous as any Of your crowd. We are
determined to get rid OF you, and il YOU
don't 60, and that soon, we will proceed
to handle as We think best. ~ = q :.
lsigned] SECRETARY OF ClrlzENs.n
Carl schuetzs (white), IL years OF age
lone Of the memorialiats) was then syofn'
DC is personally q Republican, but pub.
llshed an independent German paper at
Brenham, and afterwards in Galveston.
He loft Brenham on the 18th OF last De.
cember. The average Republican major.
ity in the county was, he believed, 500 or
600. Witneso was county attorney from
1876 to 1880. Witness made only one
speech during the last campaign. He re.
fused to take part in 1t because he wished
to devote himself to bis paper.
Threats were made during the campaign
by Judge Kirk against Mr. Hgcksworth.
They were to tho effect that he (kirk)
would hold Hacksworth to account per-
sonally for anything ho might say during
the campaign. q -
WHY He SOLD OUT.
In cross-examination witness said no
charges we're made against him in the
rival German paper except that he wes a
man Of bad character. When witness left
Tor Galvsston-underatanding that men
were after him to murder him-he sold
bis paper Ito his creditors] for 500 10 en-
able him to get away. His paper had the
largest circulation Of any In Washington
county. Witness knew OF 10 Republican
as prominent rs himself against whom
threats had not been made. He hsd bsen
looked upon, whether Justly or not, he
could not say. as being the most ipfuen-
tial Republican in that county. He was
looked upon as working up" the German
element, where Mr.. Hacksworth was
working up the colored. They (the Dem
ocrats) wanted to get witness away, be.
cause they wanted to control the Germans.
Witness did not like to say anything
against the National Administration, but
the reason why the present condition OF
things did not exist previously Was bs-
cause the marshals and officers we're Re-
publicans, end the irregularitiea we're Wig
orously prosecuted. To-day, il a Republi-
can was killed in Washington county the
guilty men were not punished. Witness
was candidate for county judge against
Judge Kirk at tho last election, and was
defeated by 5S2 votes. He claimed that
l, Jos votes in his favor were thrown out.
| s. HacksWorth, one OF the memorialists
wnsSworn. He is AZ years OF age. He
was born in Washington county, Is n
real estate agent. In 1870 10 WIS presiding
Justice of the county. Witness, Moore
and Schuelze the three mcmosislistg]
were the most active Republican partici-
pants in tho last county election.
| GROSS OUTRAGE.
In answer to Senator spooner the wit
ness described the shooting of three col
ored men at the Chapel Hill precinct in
1854. No effort Was make by the county
officials to apprehend the perpetrators Of
the outrage, nor was any reward offered
for them. 20 far rs he. knew the
county grand jury. never made any
investigation OF the matter. The usual
Republican majority in what YVES called
Washington precinct, was about 1900.
About o'clock in the evening OF tho late
election day witness heard TIM. kilograms
to the Democratic leaders showed the
election had gone Republican by unus.
uslly large majorities. a short while af.
terwards word came to witness that Judge
Xix, the Democratic county Judge, was
trying provoke riot. He went to the
place aud found Kirk doing his beat to
provoke difficulty with Moore. Judge
Kirk cursed him brutally, and told
him to come down the railroad
track and he would settle his hash. Wit
ness told Judge Kirk it was bis duty as
County Judge to preserve peace and not
to provoke riot. Judge Kirk had his
hands in his pocket and witness could see
the outline Of a revolver. Kinks friends
were standing around with their hands at
their pistol pockets. Judge Kirk had his
bulldozers standing around 60 that the
moment fighting began the Republicans
would have been killed. Witness and his
friends understood the game and took the
abuse: Judge Kirk hld everything cut
and dried to provoke riot. Kirk vas
mad at being defeated. Later in the day
Kirk and other Democrats we're in con-
sultation and witness become satisfied
that Kirk intended to use the ku klux and
destroy tho ballot box. - Z